February 9, 2013: Hex Dispensers!

Scenes from Hex Dispensers @29th St. Ballroom.

PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

Hex Dispensers - "InsomniACK"

October 12, 2012: FeralFuture, SpasticShakes, Saucerians, BobbyJealousy +

Feral Future @Frontier Bar; everybody else (Spastic Shakes, Saucerians, Bobby Jealousy, Ghetto Ghouls) @29th St. Ballroom/Spiderhouse.

PICS:



VIDEO:

Spastic Shakes - "Behind Closed Doors



Saucerians - "Hey!"

September 1, 2012: Sons of Hercules, Gory Details, Party Lines...

Scenes from the Sons of Hercules!!!, Gory Details, Party Lines, Mikey & the Drags @29th St. Ballroom.

Here are some PICS...



and some VIDEO...

Party Lines - "60 Units, Dark"


Gory Details


Gory Details - "The Pyramid is Not a Tomb"


Gory Details - "Dr. Sex Dungeon"


Sons of Hercules - "What About Me"

August 7, 2012: Crooked Bangs/Feral Future Tour Kickoff

Crooked Bangs/Feral Future tour kickoff show @29th St. Ballroom with help from Crisis Hotlines, Dikk Sexxx and the Weepy Teens, Gory Details.

...PICS...



...and some VIDEO of...

Crooked Bangs



Crooked Bangs - "Brains"

August 4, 2012: Dikes of Holland Tour Kickoff +

Dikes of Holland Tour kickoff @29th St. Ballroom with Sexploits, Hidden Ritual, Lola-Cola and Holy Wave. Immediately before that show, I caught Followed By Static @Carousel Lounge.

Here's the PICS from the show(s)...




...and some VIDEO...

Dikes of Holland - "We Gotta Go"



Lola-Cola - "Biff! Bam! Pow! (Lola-Cola theme)"



Hidden Ritual



Followed By Static - "Lord Baltimore's Revenge"

July 27, 2012: Rubberneck's 1st Anniversary Party

Bill Jeffery hosted Rubberneck's 1st Anniversary Party @29th St. Ballroom with Sexploits, Bad Lovers and Love Collector.

As usual, here are some PICS...



...as well as some VIDEO.

Bad Lovers - "Sump'n Else"



Love Collector - "You Drain My Batteries"

July 16, 2012: Foreign Mothers Record Release/Tour Kickoff

Foreign Mothers record release show @29th St. Ballroom. It was also the kickoff for their tour with Dead Space. Gospel Truth and Flesh Lights also played!


Now, here are some PICS...



...and some VIDEO...

Foreign Mothers - "Love Song for Bill Paxton"



Foreign Mothers - "Possessive/Plural"

July 8, 2012: Bad Lovers record release show

Record release show for the Bad Lovers' album "Actin Strange" (out on Burger City Rock n Roll), with Sexploits, Stiff Nites, Bad Vibes, Teenage News.

PICS...



...and a VID of Teenage News playing "I Talk Big Talk"

June 29, 2012: Club DeVille & 29th St. Ballroom

Grand Champeen and The Ripe @Club DeVille; Sons of Hercules @29th St. Ballroom!

Here are some PICS...



And a couple of VIDS...

The Ripe - "Orchestra"



Sons of Hercules - "Once I Was"



Sons of Hercules - "Lost in Space"



Sons of Hercules - "Carving Knife"

June 22, 2012: 29th St. Ballroom & Sahara Lounge

Tom Grrrl, French InSmithers (French Inhales with the Smithers rhythm section filling in), Feral Future and Guantanamo Baywatch at .B.E.T.C.H. Fest @29th St. Ballroom, with a December Boys @Sahara Lounge interlude.

Some PICS...



and a couple of December Boys VIDS...

December Boys - "I Walk Alone"



December Boys - "Single Again"

June 18, 2012: Dikes of Holland, Numerators and more @29th St Ballroom

Badass Monday night show @29th St. Ballroom with Spastic Shakes, Roo, Rayon Beach, Numerators and Dikes of Holland

Here are some PICS...



And VIDS...

Roo - "Rootbeerbarrel"



Numerators



Numerators

June 11, 2012: Flesh Lights Tour Kickoff

Flesh Lights tour kickoff show @29th St. Ballroom with Sweet Talk, Foreign Mothers, Dead Space and Flesh Lights. Only bummer was I missed half of the Foreign Mothers set and I didn't get any good pics of them. But I did get some video of all 4 bands.

Here are the PICS...



And the VIDS...

Sweet Talk - "Stop in the Line"



Foreign Mothers



Foreign Mothers - "I'm Sorry If I Just Blew Your Mind, But Please Clean Up The Mess"



Flesh Lights - "I Am Romance"

May 2, 2012: Gangster Rainbow, Space Camp, Del Vipers

Eclectic bill with Gangster Rainbow, Space Camp, Del Vipers @29th St. Ballroom!

Here are some PICS...



And video of Gangster Rainbow playing "Blow Your Heart Out"...

March 13, 2012: Day 1, Tuesday

Day 1 of the 2012 edition of unofficial southby... I was off to a slow start this year and only went to two venues and saw six bands: Ichi Ni San Shi, Dikes of Holland, Dahling and Teenage News @Trailer Space and then finished up @Spider House for the Sons of Hercules and TRMRS. I have seen a LOT of Sons of Hercules shows and this was one of the best ever!

Here are some PICS!



And here are some VIDS...

Dikes of Holland @Trailer Space



Teenage News - "The Backslider"



Sons of Hercules - "Numb"

January 5, 2012: Free Week Thursday

Free Week Thursday with Gospel Truth @29th St. Ballroom, Crooked Bangs @Beerland, Grand Champeen and A Giant Dog @Red 7, and Dikes of Holland back @Beerland.

 Here are some PICS...



 And here are some VIDS...

 Crooked Bangs - "20th Century Mind"


Crooked Bangs - "Shrill"


Crooked Bangs - "Blood Castle"


Grand Champeen - "Different Sort of Story"


Grand Champeen - "Fakin' It"


A Giant Dog

January 4, 2012: Free Week Wednesday

Free Week Wednesday @29th St. Ballroom with Planets and No Mas Bodas.


First, a few PICS...



And now, a couple of VIDS...

Planets - "Get It Done"

Planets - "Drug Song"

No Mas Bodas - "Jungle"

December 31, 2011: NYE 1977 @29th St. Ballroom

New Year's Eve @29th St. Ballroom with a '77 theme. Local musicians paid musical tribute to Suicide, Black Sabbath, The Runaways, Talking Heads, Bowie, Cheap Trick, B-52's, Blondie, and Suicide again.

 Here are some PICS from the evening...

Here are some VIDS...

Neon Angels (as The Runaways)...

Neon Angels (as The Runaways) playing "Cherry Bomb".

Roky Moon and Bolt (as Bowie) doing "Rebel Rebel".

Dikes of Holland (as The B-52's) playing "52 Girls".

Mark Tonucci and Jaime Zuverza (as Suicide) playing "Rocket U.S.A."

December 10, 2011: Sons of Hercules, Bad Lovers, Tempo Tantrums

It had been almost 9 months since I saw a Sons of Hercules show and damn, did I miss them. They played a great show at the 29th St. Ballroom with the excellent Bad Lovers and the always exuberant Tempo Tantrums! 3 of my faves! It was beautiful.


Here are some PICS of the show...



And here are some VIDS...


Before the Tempo Tantrums started, Danny played a little holiday music. Check it out here:

After that, the Tempo Tantrums got to rocking. Here's "First Plane Out":

Tempo Tantrums - "Ixnay On The Eerbay"

Tempo Tantrums - "Kathleen"

I also got video of two other Tempo Tantrums songs. You can check 'em here and there.


Bad Lovers - "I'm So Down"

Bad Lovers - (I don't know the title to this song yet).

Bad Lovers - (I don't know this song's title either).


Sons of Hercules - "Once I Was"

Sons of Hercules - "IOU Nothing"

November 11, 2011: Art by Bill/Marisa/Alfie; Music by Manikin/Chumps

Bill Jeffery, Marisa Pool and Alfie Rabago put on a group art show @Rio Rita. Go check it out!

Later that night, The Chumps and Manikin (a band called Free Beer opened the show, but I didn't take any pictures of them) put on a group rock show @29th St. Ballroom.


Here are some PICS from that fine evening...


Here is some video of The Chumps, with assistance from Bill Jeffery on trumpet, playing a rather loose version of "Pharmacy". Frankie says it's Bill's fault.


...video of Manikin playing "Hole" from their most recent Super Secret Records 7" single.


Here's Manikin debuting their brand new song "Goodbye Oblivia" (with BJ on vocals).


Last video of the evening: Manikin playing "Fumes".

November 10, 2011: ELVIS Record Release Show

Record release show for ELVIS's "Crime of the Scene" with A Giant Dog @29th St. Ballroom. It was a great one!

Here are some PICS...


I took some VIDS and of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone. The results are a bit more on the impressionistic side than usual (i.e. you really have to squint to make out the band). Not sure I like these. I may make different versions. We'll see. In the meantime...


A Giant Dog - "QYJARA"


ELVIS - "I Don't Care"